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| Preface for Instructors | |
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| Why Use This Book - For Students | |
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| How to Use This Book | |
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| Grammar without Tears | |
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| Understanding the Basic Sentence | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Run-ons: Fused Sentences and Comma Splices | |
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| Making Subjects and Verbs Agree | |
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| Nearest-Noun Agreement Errors | |
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| Agreement with There is and There was | |
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| Agreement with Compound Subjects | |
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| Using Correct Verb Tenses | |
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| Present, Past, and Tense Shifting | |
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| The Past and the Perfect Tenses | |
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| Understanding Pronouns | |
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| Pronoun Agreement | |
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| Vague Pronouns: This, That and It | |
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| Choosing the Correct Pronoun Form | |
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| Who, Whom, and That | |
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| Eliminating Sexist Pronouns | |
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| Placing and Punctuating Modifiers | |
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| Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Misplaced and Squinting Adverbs | |
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| Using Commas Correctly | |
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| Commas with And, But, Or, and Other Coordinating Conjunctions | |
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| Commas with Transitional Terms | |
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| Commas with Adverb Clauses | |
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| Commas with Introductory Elements | |
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| Commas with Adjective Clauses | |
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| Commas with Appositives | |
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| Using Apostrophes Correctly | |
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| Apostrophes in Contractions | |
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| Apostrophes in Showing Possession | |
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| Other Uses of the Apostrophe | |
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| Unnecessary Apostrophes | |
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| Using Other Punctuation and Capitalizing Words | |
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| Quotation Marks with Direct Quotation and Paraphrases | |
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| Quotation Marks with Other Punctuation | |
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| Semicolons | |
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| Colons | |
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| Capitalization | |
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| Writing Clear Sentences | |
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| Parallelism | |
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| Passive Voice | |
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| ESL: Choosing the Right Article | |
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| Incorrect Plurals and Indefinite Articles with Noncount Nouns | |
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| Using A/An, Some, and The | |
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| Making Generalizations without Articles | |
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| ESL: Using Verbs Correctly | |
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| The Progressive Tenses | |
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| Two-Word Verbs | |
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| Information Questions | |
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| Word Order in Noun Clauses | |
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| A Commonsense Writing Guide | |
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| Reading | |
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| Planning | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Revising | |
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| Brief Documentation Guide | |
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| Guide to Grammar Terminology | |
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| Glossary of Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Glossary of Commonly Misspelled Words | |
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| Glossary of Common Two-Word Verbs | |
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| Answer Key | |
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| Index | |
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| ESL Index | |